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(1) Every District Library council shall consist of- (a) the President and Secretaries of the [Taluk Library Councils] in the District; (b) seven persons to be elected by the General Body of each of the [Taluk Library Councils] in the district of whom one shall be a woman and one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled castes or Scheduled Tribes; [xxxx] (c) the President or any other office bearer of any affiliated library in the district headquarters nominated by the Government. [(d) one member elected from among the District Panchayat members; and] [(e) one member elected from among the councillors of the Municipalities in the district]: [Provided that where a woman or a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes could not be elected under clause (b), the Government shall nominate a woman or a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, as the case may be, to the said vacancy.] [(2) The members referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of every District Library Council shall elect, from among themselves, a District Executive Committee consisting of eleven members including a President, a Vice- President, a Secretary and a Joint Secretary: Provided that one of the members so elected shall be a woman and one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.] (3) The District Executive Committee shall exercise such powers as are determined by the State Library Council and perform such functions as may be prescribed from time to time. Substituted by Act 20 of 1998 w.e.f. 22/05/1998. Omitted by Act 16/2000. Inserted by Act 16/2000. Added by Act 20/1998 w.e.f. 22/05/1998. Substituted by Act 20/1998.